Chapter 1 Statistics Vocabulary

A _______________ variable has a value or numerical measurement for which operations like addition or averaging make sense.

What type of variable describes an individual or subject by placing them into a category or group?

• ordinal

• qualitative

• chronological

• quantitative

__________________ statistics involves methods of using information from a sample to draw conclusions regarding the population (use page 3 of your notes).

Mrs. St. John grouped student council members by grade and then chose one from each grade to help at the Homecoming tail gate event. What type of sample is this?

• stratified sampling

• cluster sampling

• simple random sample

• convenience sample

• systematic sample

the lower extreme is

• max

• quartile

• median

• min

Match the following

• The entire group you want to gather data

• Sample

• Method of collecting data from a sample

• Census

• A small chunk of the population

• Survey

• It has a variety of possible answers

• Statistical question

• Collecting data from the population

• Population

The lowest value in a data set is the _

• max.

• quartile.

• median.

• min.

Unscramble the word:
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Mr. Spealman gave every 10th person that walked into the PAC doors in the morning a Star Wars sticker. What kind of sample is this?

• stratified sampling

• cluster sampling

• simple random sample

• convenience sample

• systematic sample

This level of measurement is a numerical value that you can add, subtract, multiply or divide. Additionally, zero is an intrinsic starting point.

• ordinal

• nominal

• ratio

• interval